With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

Let's turn the sun into a telescope. In fact, we don't have to do any work—we just have to be in the right spot.

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

Our sun is wobbling, and this has a huge impact upon the regularity of many of Earth's meteor showers, according to a new ...

The U.K. government is reportedly preparing to greenlight small-scale outdoor experiments aimed at reflecting solar radiation ...

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

AS a ‘tame’ 14st male puma ripped Terry Moore’s foot off his leg, he thought he was a dead man. “I was losing so much blood.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawai'i captured an image of a sunspot larger than several planets using a new ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

Artist’s rendering of a planet spiraling into its host star, albeit in far fewer than the millions of orbits required. Credit ...

Flamingos are not just Florida lawn decor—they are a remarkable bird that thrives in the driest desert on the planet. In ...

A reddish star is about to pass through a "beehive" of stars. That "star" is actually one of Earth's planetary neighbors.